About this story
Aunt Agatha wants you married; Aunt Agatha must never learn about the nightclub; and the village sermon handicap looks ripe for a syndicate. Wodehouse at full froth, 1923. You are Bertie Wooster, owner of a valet who is always, maddeningly, right — take his advice, or find out at length why everyone does.
Who you’ll meet
single figure
How it opens
Late-April light pressed through the blind without yet warming the bedroom.
Two minutes after waking, you heard the inner door move without a scrape.
Good morning, sir.
You have entered at the only defensible moment.
I am gratified that the timing meets with approval, sir.
The day is exceptionally mild.